What do you all think of casting waterblocks as opposed to soldering? I ask because the wbI am designig has a lot of pins and such and I feel that the soldering of them all would somehow affect the heat conductivity. By casting it I could carve the shape in wax and have it all one piece except...
I have an old 1.4 socket A thunderbird. I have never watercooled but i have read a lot and am suffering from information overload.
I want to make my own waterblock. I have tools and no meager skills. I may have access to cheap or free copper.
but before all that. design.
the chip...